Thursday, June 13, 2013

Adonil's corn mill, one year later

Interviews
by Gilberto Barrientos and Pedro Hernández

Adonil and Gilberto

Jose Adonil Tejada came to La Unión on
Friday to pick up his microloan of fertilizer for his coffee farm. Last year,
Adonil received a loan from UMF to purchase a corn mill to grind corn into
flour for his family and the community of La Ceibita, where he lives. In the
year since he was able to buy this mill, he has paid off the loan and has
secured a small but steady income for his family from the mill.

Besides receiving money from other families
using the mill, Adonil’s family saves money by being able to use their own mill
instead of paying to use another. Currently, they have an average of four
people from the community coming to use the mill each day. The price Adonil
charges others to use the mill depends on how much corn they bring, but he said
the average is about 3 lempiras per person. This means the family earns about
12 lempiras per day from the mill.

Twelve lempiras is about $0.60, which
doesn’t seem like much. However, many families in the La Unión region live on
less than $2 per day. To receive an extra income of 360 lempiras (about $18)
per month is no small thing, especially if a member of the family needs medical
care, new clothes or school supplies. In addition to this income, Adonil’s
family saves about 90 lempiras per month by having their own corn mill, making
their total income/savings 450 lempiras (about $22.50) per month.

Adonil has not had to spend anything on the
mill for repairs because he and his family perform simple maintenance to care
for it. They make sure water does not fall into the motor, and they clean the
mill immediately after grinding corn. They also clean the band of the motor and
use resin on it to keep it on track.

Adonil said that he and his family are very
happy with the mill, and that it has been a good investment for them. He likes
that it is easy to operate for him, his wife or his daughter. At UMF, we hope
to continue offering access to microloans for processing equipment, through
which farmers may support their families, as well as provide a service for
their communities.

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